Pre Course Learning for Creativity & Innovation for Business Performance

The purpose of this pre course work is to give you an opportunity to start thinking about
creativity and innovation in your professional life.

The first part will be presented to your manager. The second part will be presented in the
classroom.

Please complete this assignment before you attend the classroom session, so the topic will be
fresh in your mind.

Part A:
In your own words, define “Creativity and Innovation”:

Think of examples of when you have used “Creativity or Innovation “to make a difference in your
professional or personal life. Describe these situations:

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Think of three examples of when you wish you had used “creativity or innovation” to achieve better
outcomes in your professional or personal life. Describe these situations:

1.

2.

3.

How would you describe the difference between the times you were creative and innovative and the
times you wish you had been creative and innovative?

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How can these insights help you become more creative and innovative at work?

Present your conclusions to your manager and collaboratively build an action plan to
implement these changes.

Part B:
Following the reading on creativity and innovation, think of a person whom you would define as your
role model for “Creative and Innovative thinking”. This person can be anyone - a known artist, a
relative or a colleague at work.
1. Prepare a 3-minute presentation on the topic.
2. Address the following questions:
• Who is your model of creative thinking?
• What makes this person your model of creative thinking?
• How is their creative and innovative thinking expressed?
• What would you like to learn from them?

Please complete the above exercises and bring along with you to the course.
These need to be handed over to the trainer before the start of session .

Completion of this “Pre- Work” is MANDATORY

Thank you for completing the valuable pre-course worksheet.

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Recommended Reading:
Amabile, T. (1999). “How to Kill Creativity” in Harvard Business Review on Breakthrough
Thinking. USA: Library of Congress Cataloging-in Publication Data.

Drucker, P.F. (1999). “The Discipline of Innovation” in Harvard Business Review on

Breakthrough Thinking. USA: Library of Congress Cataloging-in Publication Data.

Please note that this activity is at your own discretion. We recommend you borrow these books
from a library to avoid incurring costs. Any costs accrued would have to be agreed to be covered
by your manager and cannot be charged to a central training budget.

We look forward to meeting you soon!

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